Treatment of Mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis.

abstract：:The reaction that occurs on direct radioelectrocomplexing (REC) between hepatitis B antibody (HB Ab) and (125)I-labelled HB Ag can be inhibited by unlabelled HB Ag. Inhibition of REC provides a rapid, sensitive method for the detection of HB Ag. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Simons MJ

更新日期：1973-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem in eastern Europe. Since 1990, the incidence rates of TB have continued to increase in Belarus, the Russian Federation, the Ukraine and the central Asian republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Eastern Europe, and in particular the Russian Fede...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Atun R,Olynik I

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To provide the basic information needed for studies of drug toxicity in rats suffering from protein deficiency, weanling male albino rats were fed for 28 days on either laboratory chow or a synthetic diet containing 27% or 8% of casein. The low-protein diet produced a kwashiorkoric cachexia characterized by stunting, ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： de Castro ES,Boyd EM

更新日期：1968-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asian influenza appears to have reached India via Madras in May 1957. The main pandemic wave swept through the subcontinent within the next 12 weeks; cases occurring thereafter represent the permanent infiltration of the new virus into the population. Between 19 May 1957 and 8 February 1958 there were reported 4 451 7...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： MENON IG

更新日期：1959-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An attempt was made to assess the protective influence of killed intranasal influenza B vaccine against a homologous virus challenge. Two types of trial were performed. In the first of these, the vaccine was compared with an inert placebo and, in the second, with conventional homologous and heterologous parenteral vac...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Beare AS,Hobson D,Reed SE,Tyrrell DA

更新日期：1969-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The systematic position of the so-called "species" of Leishmania is examined and an attempt made to determine their phylogenetic relationships. The morphology of the organisms as seen by light- and electron-microscopy is described; neither method provides useful criteria for the determination of species. The behaviour...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Garnham PC

更新日期：1971-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of decentralized treatment and care for patients with multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis, in comparison with centralized approaches. METHODS:We searched ClinicalTrials.gov, the Cochrane library, Embase®, Google Scholar, LILACS, PubMed®, Web of Science and the World Health Orga...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Ho J,Byrne AL,Linh NN,Jaramillo E,Fox GJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the fraction of individuals with high total serum cholesterol who get diagnosed and effectively treated in eight high- and middle-income countries. METHODS:Using data from nationally representative health examination surveys conducted in 1998-2007, we studied a probability sample of 79 039 adult...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Roth GA,Fihn SD,Mokdad AH,Aekplakorn W,Hasegawa T,Lim SS

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the mass vaccination of children of susceptible age groups in Japan in 1961, the incidence of poliomyelitis decreased markedly. From 1962 to 1968 a total of 659 paralytic cases were officially notified. Detailed investigations of 626 cases reported to the Poliomyelitis Surveillance Committee revealed that only 1...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Takatsu T,Tagaya I,Hirayama M

更新日期：1973-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper deals with the medico-legal aspects of death certification, the inadequate attention accorded to these aspects in most of the present death certificate forms, and the consequences resulting from this circumstance. A description is also given of the revision of the national system of medical certification of...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： ISOTALO A

更新日期：1960-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inspection and palpation are the traditional methods used to determine thyroid volume in areas of moderate-to-severe iodine deficiency. However, in areas of mild endemicity, and generally whenever goitres are small, ultrasonography is a safe, noninvasive technique that provides a more precise and objective method for ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors：

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in those injured and not injured by landmines or unexploded ordnance (UXO) in rural Lao People's Democratic Republic and to determine whether the perception of social support was associated with PTSD symptom severity. METHODS:A community survey was c...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Southivong B,Ichikawa M,Nakahara S,Southivong C

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiotepa and its oxygen analogue tepa, used to chemosterilize males of Culex pipiens fatigans for genetic control purposes, are toxic and mutagenic. An investigation showed that adult mosquitos that had been treated as pupae showed no detectable chemosterilant in their tissue 24 hours after emergence from the pupal st...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Labrecque GC,Bowman MC,Patterson RS,Seawright JA

更新日期：1972-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple force-of-infection model for onchocerciasis has been developed for a study of the age-specific epidemiological trends during a period of vector control in the Onchocerciasis Control Programme in the Volta River basin area (OCP). The most important factors included in the model are the longevity of an infectio...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Remme J,Ba O,Dadzie KY,Karam M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To analyse the demographic and clinical characteristics of people attending physical rehabilitation centres run or supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross in countries and territories affected by conflict. Methods:Of 150 such rehabilitation centres worldwide, 38 use an electronic patient ma...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Barth CA,Wladis A,Blake C,Bhandarkar P,O'Sullivan C

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines two innovative educational initiatives for the Ecuadorian public health workforce: a Canadian-funded Masters programme in ecosystem approaches to health that focuses on building capacity to manage environmental health risks sustainably; and the training of Ecuadorians at the Latin American School o...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Parkes MW,Spiegel J,Breilh J,Cabarcas F,Huish R,Yassi A

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A meeting was held to outline a comprehensive research plan, based on recent advances in biomedical sciences, for the development of improved methods for the control of tuberculosis. Such a plan requires a stepwise approach. The meeting focused on the initial activities to be carried out and on setting priorities.In t...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors：

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two, 30-cluster, retrospective surveys of deaths from neonatal tetanus in Indonesia were conducted during 1982. The first survey, in the city of Jakarta, identified 16 deaths from neonatal tetanus among 2310 live births, giving a mortality rate of 6.9 per 1000 live births. The second survey covered 19 of Indonesia's 2...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Arnold RB,Soewarso TI,Karyadi A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From time to time, reports of anthelmintic trials are published indicating that a compound is, or is not, effective against Echinococcus granulosus in dogs. In some of these reports, an attempt is made to assess the efficacy of the compound from inadequate data. This paper reviews the problems associated with selectin...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Gemmell MA

更新日期：1968-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper considers new developments to strengthen sexual and reproductive health and HIV linkages and discusses factors that continue to impede progress. It is based on a previous review undertaken for the United Kingdom Department for International Development in 2006 that examined the constraints and opportunities...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Dickinson C,Attawell K,Druce N

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of disease outcome is central to the assessment of tuberculosis (TB) control programmes. In the study reported in this article we examined the factors influencing the measurement of outcome, survival rates during and after treatment, smear conversion rates, and relapse rates for patients diagnosed with TB i...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Glynn JR,Warndorff DK,Fine PE,Munthali MM,Sichone W,Pönnighaus JM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PROBLEM:The visit of Pope Francis to the Philippines in January 2015 coincided with a tropical storm. For security reasons, the only road in and out of the area was closed 14.5 hours before the Pope's arrival. This meant that people had to wait for many hours with little shelter at the site. Medical teams in the field ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Gocotano AE,Dico FD,Calungsod NR,Hall JL,Counahan ML

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A double-blind, randomized phase I clinical trial was carried out to compare mefloquine with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for safety and tolerance. Twenty adult male Brazilian subjects from areas endemic for malaria were studied for a period of 66 days, which included 2 days of basal studies and a 63-day follow-up after ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： de Souza JM

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:To compare estimated losses from international corporate tax avoidance in individual countries and domestic government health expenditure, with reference to the annual threshold of 86 United States dollars (US$) per capita required to achieve universal health coverage. Methods:I obtained and compared estimat...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： O'Hare BA

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As stocks of the first International Standard for Chorionic Gonadotrophin were running low, the WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization authorized the National Institute for Medical Research, London, in 1960 to proceed with arrangements to replace it. This paper describes the nature and handling of the prop...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： BANGHAM DR,GRAB B

更新日期：1964-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low back pain is the leading cause of years lived with disability globally. In 2018, an international working group called on the World Health Organization to increase attention on the burden of low back pain and the need to avoid excessively medical solutions. Indeed, major international clinical guidelines now recog...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Traeger AC,Buchbinder R,Elshaug AG,Croft PR,Maher CG

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health care reform in Europe is discussed in the light of the Ljubljana Charter, with particular reference to progress made in Estonia and Lithuania. ...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Vienonen M,Jankauskiene D,Vask A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify the long-term patterns of drowning mortality in the state of Victoria, Australia, and to describe the historical context in which the decrease occurred. METHODS:We obtained data on drowning deaths and population statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and its predecessors for the peri...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Staines C,Ozanne-Smith J

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to determine the burden of bacillary dysentery in China, its cross-regional variations, trends in morbidity and mortality, the causative bacterial species and antimicrobial resistance patterns. METHODS:We extracted and integrated governmental statistics and relevant medical literature published from...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Wang XY,Tao F,Xiao D,Lee H,Deen J,Gong J,Zhao Y,Zhou W,Li W,Shen B,Song Y,Ma J,Li ZM,Wang Z,Su PY,Chang N,Xu JH,Ouyang PY,von Seidlein L,Xu ZY,Clemens JD

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine the effectiveness of anti-typhoid vaccines in man a controlled field trial, the first of its kind, was organized in 1954-60 in the town and district of Osijek, Yugoslavia. Heat-killed, phenol-preserved and alcohol-killed, alcohol-preserved anti-typhoid monovaccines were used, with phenolized dyse...

journal_title：Bulletin of the World Health Organization

authors： Yugoslav Typhoid Commission.

更新日期：1962-01-01 00:00:00